By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson told Britain’s COVID inquiry on Thursday that any suggestion he wanted to allow the virus to “let rip” was “rubbish” and “completely wrong”. Johnson, prime minister between 2019 and 2…
Early presidential election in Azerbaijan on February 7
The president of the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has called an early presidential election for February 7, the Azerbaijani state news agency Apa reported in Baku on Thursday. The 61-year-old Aliyev has led the country on the Cas…
‘NHS must improve care for ethnic minority mums during and after pregnancy’
By Miriam Stoppard Women from Black ethnic backgrounds are four times more likely to die during pregnancy or in the six weeks after giving birth, compared to white women. This was the finding of an Oxford University report earlier this year that has be…
Lithuania’s President Nausėda to run for re-election in 2024
Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda is running for a second five-year term in office. The 59-year-old announced on Thursday that he will stand for re-election next year. “I am determined and committed to continuing the work I have begun,” Nausėda sai…
Encuesta revela que persiste la discriminación racial en la atención médica
Muchas personas de grupos raciales y étnicos minoritarios dicen que se preparan mentalmente para recibir insultos y ser prejuzgados antes de las citas médicas, según una nueva encuesta entre pacientes que reafirma la prevalencia de la discriminación ra…
Early presidential election in Azerbaijan on February 7
The president of the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has called an early presidential election for February 7, the Azerbaijani state news agency Apa reported in Baku on Thursday. The 61-year-old Aliyev has led the country on the Cas…
Climate activists smear St Mark’s Basilica in Venice with mud
A group of environmentalists has smeared St Mark’s Basilica in Venice with mud in protest at what they see as inadequate policies on climate change. Using fire extinguishers, the activists sprayed a mixture of mud, cocoa powder and water onto the façad…
Lithuania’s President Nausėda to run for re-election in 2024
Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda is running for a second five-year term in office. The 59-year-old announced on Thursday that he will stand for re-election next year. “I am determined and committed to continuing the work I have begun,” Nausėda sai…
No vote on Germany’s 2024 budget expected this year, ruling SPD says
The German parliament will not have time to vote on the country’s 2024 budget before the end of the year, a senior lawmaker from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats (SPD) wrote in an SMS message seen by dpa on Thursday. Scholz’s three-party coali…
‘No question’ Trump Tower penthouse price was inflated: defense witness
An expert witness for Donald Trump in his $250 million fraud trial Thursday testified there was “no question” about the swollen valuation of former president’s Manhattan triplex, according to reports. Accounting expert Eli Bartov told the court Trump h…